Two Lombard charters record a grant of privileges by Bishop Felix of Lucca to a monastery in Lucca (central Italy) dedicated to *Frigdianus (bishop of Lucca, ob. 588, S01732), and its subsequent confirmation by King Cunipert, who further mentions the monastery's co-dedication to *Vincentius (deacon and martyr of Zaragoza and Valencia, S00290). Written in Latin in Lucca and Pavia, 685-688.
E07378
Documentary texts - Donation document
Documentary texts - Charter or diploma
Codice Diplomatico Longobardo, I, no. 7 (excerpt)
[...] Et ideo nos Felix gratia D(e)i ep(iscopu)s una cum pr(es)b(iter)i uel diacones seo cliro abitatoris ciuitatis istius n(ostr)e Lucensis qui subter subscripturi sunt. unde promittimus tibi Babbino abbas uel monachorum tuorum, ut firmiter tibi in monasterio S(an)c(t)i Fricdiani resedire debeatis et, ut superius legitur, pro anima uel generationem Fauloni orare diueatis [...]
'... And so we, Felix, by God's grace bishop, with the priests, deacons and clergy living in this, our city of Lucca, who will subscribe below: thus we promise this to you, Abbot Babinus and your monks, in order that you might reside immovably in the monastery of Saint Frigdianus, and, as is read above, pray for the soul and descendants of Faulonus...'
Codice Diplomatico Longobardo, III, no. 7 (excerpt)
[...] Flavius Cunipert vir excellentissimus rex. Monasterio Sancti Vincentii et Fridiani sito in civitate nostra Lucense et viro venerabili Babino abbati vel monachis eius [...] Filice episcopo Lucense civitatis firmatum est per chartole, per nostre serenitatis preceptum firmamus [...]
'... Flavius Cunipert, the most excellent king, to the monastery of Saints Vincentius and Frigdianus, in our city of Lucca, and to the venerable man Abbot Babinus, and his monks... Gladly the bishop of Lucca is confirmed by this charter, through which we confirm this preceptum of our serenity...'
Text: Schiaperelli 1929, 16-19; Brühl 1973, 26-9.
Translation: B. Savill.
Cult building - monastic
Places Named after SaintMonastery
Non Liturgical ActivityBequests, donations, gifts and offerings
Awarding privileges to cult centres
Protagonists in Cult and NarrativesEcclesiastics - bishops
Ecclesiastics - abbots
Ecclesiastics - monks/nuns/hermits
Ecclesiastics - lesser clergy
Monarchs and their family
Source
These charters survive only in later copies, from the eighth century (the episcopal charter) and the sixteenth/seventeenth century (Cunipert's royal diploma).Discussion
This monastery is now the site of the Basilica di San Frediano, Lucca.Bibliography
EditionCodice Diplomatico Langobardo, I, ed. Luigi Schiaparelli (Rome, 1929).
Codice Diplomatico Langobardo, III. 1, ed. Carlrichard Brühl (Rome, 1973).
Benjamin Savill
06/02/2019
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00290 | Vincentius/Vincent, deacon and martyr of Zaragoza and Valencia | Vincentius | Certain | S01732 | Frigdianus, bishop of Lucca, ob. 588 | Fricdianus, Fridianus | Certain |
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